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It’s all about taking when it comes to capital. Learning to hold on is going...
Image via Wikipedia After taking what they could lay their hands on from the general fund the capital project worldwide has now decided it needs even more. So where does it come from? Of course it...
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A Phyllis Bennis Article on Turkish Democracy
Image via Wikipedia Turkish Democracy Gives Rise to Turkish Power By Phyllis Bennis, AlterNet Posted on July 11, 2011 (Selçuk, Turkey) It was election day, June 12, in this small town in Turkey’s...
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Libyan rebels reclaim lost ground
The rebels faced a tough task in trying to take the town of Asabah [Reuters] Libyan rebel fighters say they have retaken the village of Qawalish in western Libya from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi....
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Obama chains himself to Bush terror policies
US politicians continue to press for detainees captured overseas to be tried in military courts [EPA] When Ahmed Warsame was captured by US forces in April, he didn’t know that he would be...
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A NY Times report on the US withdrawal from Iraq, that will never happen,
In Shadow of Death, Iraq and U.S. Tiptoe Around a Deadline Spencer Platt/Getty Images American soldiers stopped to talk with an Iraqi during a patrol this week in Babil Province. Lately, American...
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A Palestinian woman’s response to Israel’s Naomi Chazan on BDS
[Introduction to Samah Sabawi's piece by Israeli activist Ofer Neiman from BOYCOTT!] There are good things to be said about Professor Naomi Chazan, a scholar of contemporary Africa and a former member...
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The US, Drones and Libya
Danish in Nato abandon all pretence to take part in killing on a huge scale. US military weighs more Predator drones for Libya 22 Jul 2011 21:10 Source: Reuters // Reuters * NATO wants more aircraft...
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Temptations of Empire
Image via Wikipedia The imperial project as we have seen it unfold on the part of the US and other countries around the world has always come hand in hand with the destruction of any and all existing...
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Puppets in revolt
Image by Digital Game Museum via Flickr The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who...
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Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen...
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Heads the elite wins, tails you lose! The deficit explained
Let's drink to that. Loser pays is what I say. We need more losers For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US...
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If there is a coming economic disaster will that be for the rich and the elite?
Cover of Planet of Slums Mike Davis, The Coming Economic Disaster Posted by Mike Davis at 8:15am, July 26, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: A heartfelt thanks to all of you who, in these dog days...
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From the Gilad Atzmon site. A very important conference
Image via Wikipedia PALESTINE, ISRAEL, GERMANY- THE BOUNDARIES OF OPEN DISCUSSION MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011 AT 1:46PM GILAD ATZMON This is a very important conference!!!...
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Debt and delusion
The discovery that Greece‘s debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100 per cent has caused the government to impose severe austerity measures – leading to many violent riots by its citizens [EPA] Economists like...
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Palestinian elections. West Bank only
Palestinian October elections ‘only in the West Bank‘ Published Wednesday 27/07/2011 (updated) 28/07/2011 20:49 Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas was elected as Palestinian president in 2005 [AFP Abbas...
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Ruling the planet is a costly affair.
Image via Wikipedia Progressives don’t need more reasons to be disappointed with President Barack Obama’s handling of the deficit talks, but here’s another failing that has not gotten much play: The...
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The voodoo rhythm may be about to stop. Economics for the unsustainable
Pierre Van Peteghem, treasurer of the African Development Bank, addresses the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the Congress Center in Lisbon, Portugal on 07 June 2011 [EPA]...
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Is the party over for the world’s richest leeches? Or will it be back to the...
A Wall Street sign in front of the New York stock exchange. Recent events have changed the US as an unassailable economic superpower. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters When India joined China in...
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Crisis commentary. Note the old familiar faces and songs. The former...
A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. There is mounting fear on Wall Street that the US is at risk of sliding into long-term economic trouble. Photograph: Jin Lee/AP 9.43pm: We’re...
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Eurozone looks at crisis of capitalism
Markets are anxiously looking for ECB to start buying Italian and Spanish debt to stabilise prices [AFP] The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to intervene decisively on markets to respond to...
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